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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 36 (2001)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 36

"A Figure for Cibola: Art, Politics, and Aesthetics, among the Luluwa People of the Democratic Republic of the Congo"

Petridis, Constantine

2001

24 pages

This title is out of print.

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Constantijn Petridis

Met Art in Publication

Maternity Figure (Bwanga bwa Cibola), Wood, copper alloy, Luluwa peoples — Maternity Figure (Bwanga bwa Cibola)
Luluwa peoples
19th–early 20th century

Figure: Female (Bwanga bwa Bwimpe), Wood, ivory (?), encrustation, Luluwa peoples — Figure: Female (Bwanga bwa Bwimpe)
Luluwa peoples
19th–20th century

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